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Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit
band
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Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver
American hard rock heavy metal supergroup
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Duff McKagan
Duff McKagan
American rock musician
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Slash
Slash
British-American musician
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Gilby Clarke
Gilby Clarke
Rock guitarist
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Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland
American singer
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Dave Kushner
Dave Kushner
Rhythm guitarist for Velvet Revolver
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Tracii Guns
Tracii Guns
American musician
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Izzy Stradlin
Izzy Stradlin
American guitarist and member of Guns N' Roses
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Guns N’ Roses
Guns N’ Roses
American hard rock band
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Steven Adler
Steven Adler
American musician
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Axl Rose
Axl Rose
American singer and songwriter
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Paul Tobias
Paul Tobias
American guitarist
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Neurotic Outsiders
Neurotic Outsiders
British-American rock supergroup
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Hollywood Rose
Hollywood Rose
american rock band
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Brian Tichy
Brian Tichy
American musician
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Buckcherry
Buckcherry
American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1995
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Kik Tracee
Kik Tracee
American hard rock band
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Circus Diablo
Circus Diablo
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Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
American rock band
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Dizzy Reed
Dizzy Reed
American musician
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Art of Anarchy
Art of Anarchy
hard rock supergroup
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Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Bach
Canadian singer
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L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns
American hard rock band
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Ole Beich
Ole Beich
Danish musician
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Hollywood Vampires
Hollywood Vampires
American supergroup
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The Outpatience
The Outpatience
Matt Sorum
Rock drummer, percussionist, most notably with Guns N' Roses

Matt Sorum

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Matthew William Sorum (born November 19, 1960) is an American drummer and percussionist. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Sorum is currently a member of the touring project, Kings of Chaos, and is a former member of both The Cult and Y Kant Tori Read. Sorum was also a member of Guns N' Roses side-projects, Slash's Snakepit and Neurotic Outsiders, and has released two solo albums, Hollywood Zen (2004) and Stratosphere (2014). He has been the drummer for the supergroup Hollywood Vampires since 2015. His latest project is Deadland Ritual, featuring Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, and Apocalyptica vocalist Franky Perez.

After performing on Tori Amos' first record and synthpop band Y Kant Tori Read's sole album, Sorum joined the Cult in 1989 to tour in support of their fourth studio album, Sonic Temple (1989). During the tour, Sorum was spotted by Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash and subsequently replaced their drummer Steven Adler in 1990. Remaining in the band for seven years, Sorum recorded the albums, Use Your Illusion I (1991), Use Your Illusion II (1991), and "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993), before departing in 1997 following an argument with Axl Rose.

In 1999, Sorum rejoined The Cult to perform on their reunion album, Beyond Good and Evil (2001), and its subsequent 2000/ 2001 tours, and subsequently co-founded the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver, alongside former Guns N' Roses bandmates, Slash and Duff McKagan. The band, which included guitarist Dave Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, released two successful studio albums, Contraband (2004) and Libertad (2007), before entering an extended hiatus following Weiland's departure.

Sorum has been a permanent member of hard rock cover band Camp Freddy since 2003, alongside Jane's Addiction members Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney, and assisted in hosting its radio show and podcast on Indie 103.1. In 2012, Sorum founded a touring project, entitled Kings of Chaos, featuring members of Guns N' Roses, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick and Slipknot.

In 2012, Sorum was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N' Roses.